Market Engagement Event: Positive Play Service for Children With Disabilities (Short Breaks)

Description

See description of procurement Lot 1: The Positive Play Service has a dual purpose in that it aims to provide children who have disabilities with fun, enjoyable experiences to support them to fulfil their potential. The service also provides parent carers with regular breaks from their caring responsibilities. The service will be demand led and will support children who are under 18 years old and who have an assessed need for the service. The service will deliver group based (and bespoke) play sessions throughout the year which will include evening clubs, Saturday clubs and school holiday clubs. The Council intends to tender the service for a contract start date of 1st April 2025. Interested organisations are invited to meet the service development team to discuss the fundamentals of the proposed contract and proposed tender approach. A market engagement event has been arranged for Monday 30th September 2024 and Tuesday 1st October 2024. The event is an opportunity for the service development team to seek views on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the proposed service agreement, service specification and tender approach. There will also be an opportunity for organisations to ask the team any questions it may have around the proposed tender. The format of the event will consist of 1 hour slots for each organisation, which will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Slots will be allocated on a first come first served basis. For organisations who book to attend the event, they will receive a discussion paper which will be emailed in advance of the event. Organisations who are interested in engaging with the service development team through this event should contact Katie Mackenzie-Owen on the following email address k.mackenzie-owen@npt.gov.uk confirming they would like to attend. The market engagement event may also be extended to additional days should it be required.